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Nobel Peace Centre - Oslo, Norway
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2008-01-22 06:03:32
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The Nobel Peace Centre
in Oslo, Norway is housed in a former Victorian railway station, and
within, an original Nobel Prize medal is the only historical item on
display. The museum was not built as a memorial to those who won the
Prize in the past, but a dynamic, contemporary space explaining the
story of the Nobel Peace Prize as well as providing a number of events
and exhibitions throughout the year.
Beginning in mid-October when the new Peace Prize laureate is
announced, the golden Passage of Honour allows visitors to track each
step of the event. Throughout the remainder of the year a documentary
on that winner is played.
The main focus of the Centre is the Nobel Field, where all the Peace
Prize laureates are displayed in a virtual garden of 96 LCD screens
dispersed throughout the space. A small motion sensor beneath each
display screen activates when approached, and a short video with
information about Mother Teresa, Nelson Mandela, Martin Luther King
Jr., as well as every other laureate including Al Gore can be viewed. By Andrew J Wiener
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